Morphoses is a ballet company, co-founded in 2007 by Christopher Wheeldon and Lourdes Lopez. Morphoses is a guest resident company at the New York City Center and at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. It was known as Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company until February 2010, when Wheeldon announced that he was leaving the company.
Productions
City Center, October 1âÂÂ5, 2008
program one, October 1âÂÂ3
Polyphonia
- Christopher WheeldonâÂÂs choreography
- Ligeti's eponymous music
- costumes by Holly Hynes
- lighting by Mark Stanley
Monotones II
Commedia
Six Fold Illuminate
- Drew Jacoby
- Céline Cassone
- Edwaard Liang
- Edward Watson
- Rubinald Pronk
- Rory Hohenstein
program two, October 4âÂÂ5
Commedia
- Christopher WheeldonâÂÂs choreography
- StravinskyâÂÂs Pulcinella Suite
- costumes by Isabel Toledo
- sets by Ruben Toledo
- lighting by Penny Jacobus
- Leanne Benjamin
- Beatriz Stix-Brunell
- Céline Cassone
- Drew Jacoby
- Rory Hohenstein
- Edwaard Liang
- Rubinald Pronk
- Edward Watson
One
Monotones II
- Frederick AshtonâÂÂs choreography
- Satie's Trois Gymnopédie
- costumes and lighting by Ashton
Wendy Whelan
Shutters Shut
Foolsâ Paradise
- Wendy Whelan
- Maria Kowroski
- Teresa Reichlen
- Tiler Peck
- Céline Cassone
- Craig Hall
- Edwaard Liang
- Adrian Danchig-Waring
- Gonzalo Garcia
Commedia
- Christopher WheeldonâÂÂs choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Fall for Dance, SeptemberâÂÂOctober 2009
Softly as I Leave You
City Center, October 29, â November 1, 2009
program one, Thursday and Saturday, October 29 and 31
- accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas
Commedia
- Christopher WheeldonâÂÂs choreography
- Stravinsky's music
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot León's choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music
Bolero
new Harbour ballet
program two, Friday and Sunday, October 30 and November 1
Continuum
- Christopher WheeldonâÂÂs choreography
- Ligeti's music
Softly as I Leave You
- Lightfoot LeónâÂÂs choreography
- Pärt and Bach's music
new Wheeldon ballet
- Christopher WheeldonâÂÂs choreography
- Rachmaninoff's music
notes
Dancers
2008 New York City Center
- Beatriz Stix-Brunell
- Céline Cassone
- Christine Thomassen
- Drew Jacoby
- Leanne Benjamin
- Maria Kowroski
- Teresa Reichlen
- Tiler Peck
- Wendy Whelan
- Adrian Danchig-Waring
- Andreas Heise
- Craig Hall
- Edwaard Liang
- Edward Watson
- Gonzalo Garcia
- Jason Fowler
- Rory Hohenstein
- Rubinald Pronk
- Tyler Angle
notes
2009 Fall for Dance
2009 New York City Center
Reviews
- Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, November 10, 2009
- Sulcas, Roslyn, 2009, "New Troupe Faces a Hard Reality," International Herald Tribune, October 24âÂÂ25, pp. 15 & 19.
Footnotes
References
- Playbill, City Center, October 1 and 4, 2008
External links